COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal

Course Outline of BS(CS) Degree Program

Course

Electric Circuit Analysis

Course Code

EEE121

Pre-Requisite

PHY132: Applied Physics for Engineers

Credit Hours

4(3,1)

Resource Person

Hafiz Shafqat abbas

Course
Objectives

This is the very first undergraduate course which is aimed to build an

understanding of the concepts and ideas explicitly involved in the
introductory electric circuit theory. The course is designed to emphasize
the relationship between conceptual understandings and practical problemsolving techniques involved in the circuit theory. In short, the course will
provide students with a strong foundation of electric circuit knowledge and
practices.

Course Outline:

Introduction, Basic Concepts of Electrical Quantities and their System of

Units, Charge, Current, Voltage, Power & Energy, Circuit Elements,
Simple Resistive Circuits, Constant Voltage & Constant Current Sources,
Ohms Law, Kirchoffs Laws, Analysis of Single-Loop and Single-Node
Circuits, Resistance & Source Combinations, Current and Voltage
Division, Nodal Analysis, Mesh Analysis, Linearity and Superposition,
Source Transformation, Thevenins and Nortons Theorems, Maximum
Power Transfer Theorem, Reciprocity Theorem, Inductor, Capacitor &
their Combinations, Calculations of Current, Voltage & Power, Source
Free RL & RC Circuits, Unit Step Function, Driven RL Circuits, Natural &
Forced Response of RL and RC Circuits, Transient and Steady-State
Analysis, Time-Constants, Natural and Forced Response of Parallel and
Series RLC Circuits, Transient and Steady-State Analysis, Over-Damped,
Critically Damped and Under Damped RLC Responses.

Text Books:

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander and

Mathew N. O. Sadiku

Reference Book:

Engineering Circuit Analysis. Seventh Edition by W H Hayt, J E

Kemmerly and S M Durbin

Policy: Delivery Evaluation and Grading

Through 32 Lectures

Delivery:

Evaluation and Grading:

Quizzes
Assignments

4
4

Midterm Examination

First Sessional
Second Sessional
Terminal Examination

1
1
1

10%
15%

10%
15%
50%

Breakdown of Lecture Topics

Lecture No.
01

Topic
Introduction to Electric Circuits Course and theory

03

Basic Concepts of Electrical Quantities and their System of Units, Charge,

Current, Voltage, Power & Energy
Circuit Elements, Simple Resistive Circuits

04

Constant Voltage & Constant Current Sources

05
06

Quiz 1 + Assignment 1 + Discussion on Practice Problems of Lecture 2, 3 and

4
Ohms Law, Kirchoffs Laws

07

Analysis of Single-Loop and Single-Node Circuits

08

Resistance & Source Combination

09

Current and Voltage Division, Nodal Analysis, Mesh Analysis

02

11

Quizzes 2 + Assignment 2 + Discussion on Practice Problems of Lecture 5, 6

and 7.
Sessional 1

12

Sessional 1

13

Linearity and Superposition

14

Source Transformation

15
16

Quiz 3 + Assignment 3 + Discussion on Practice Problems of Lecture 13 and

14.
Thevenins Theorem

17

Nortons Theorem

18

Maximum Power Transfer Theorem (MPTT), Reciprocity Theorem (RT)

19

21

Numerical Problems of Thevenins and Nortons Theorem + MPT Theorem +

RT
Quiz 4 + Assignment 4 + Discussion on Practice Problems of Lecture 16, 17
and 18.
Sessional 2

22

Sessional 2

23

Inductor, Capacitor & their Combinations

24

Calculations of Current, Voltage & Power

25

Source Free RL & RC Circuits

26

Quiz 5 + Assignment 5 + Discussion on Practice Problems of Lecture 23, 24

and 26.

27

Source Free RL & RC Circuits

28

Unit Step Function, Driven RL Circuits

29

Natural & Forced Response of RL and RC Circuits

30

Transient and Steady-State Analysis

31

Natural and Forced Response of Parallel and Series RLC Circuits

32

Transient and Steady-State Analysis, Over-Damped, Critically Damped

10

20